The question is simple: yes or no?

The question is simple: yes or no?

Could the hon. Gentleman elaborate on exactly how the new clause would undermine tenants' security? I cannot see how it would, and he has not given the Committee any guidance on that.

Could the hon. Gentleman elaborate on exactly how the new clause would undermine tenants' security? I cannot see how it would, and he has not given the Committee any guidance on that.

I promise not to detain the Committee too long. Not least, I will try not to go into the legal jargon that my hon. Friend the Member for South-West Hertfordshire (Mr. Gauke) had to use in order to make sense of this, and thereby clear the Chamber. The hon. Member...

I promise not to detain the Committee too long. Not least, I will try not to go into the legal jargon that my hon. Friend the Member for South-West Hertfordshire (Mr. Gauke) had to use in order to make sense of this, and thereby clear the Chamber. The hon. Member...

A ““get out of jail free”” clause.

A ““get out of jail free”” clause.

I shall take my hon. Friend's comment in the manner in which I am sure it was intended. The Financial Secretary talks about 1992, but it was only last year when the Prime Minister said that he wanted the House to be consulted more. She waves that comment away—perhaps the...

I shall take my hon. Friend's comment in the manner in which I am sure it was intended. The Financial Secretary talks about 1992, but it was only last year when the Prime Minister said that he wanted the House to be consulted more. She waves that comment away—perhaps the...

Where are they?

Where are they?

I rise to support the amendments of my hon. Friend the Member for South-West Hertfordshire (Mr. Gauke). I am deeply concerned about two points. First, I am concerned about why the Government are so worried about their own 2007 legislation, which they have not managed to enact yet; indeed, they...

I rise to support the amendments of my hon. Friend the Member for South-West Hertfordshire (Mr. Gauke). I am deeply concerned about two points. First, I am concerned about why the Government are so worried about their own 2007 legislation, which they have not managed to enact yet; indeed, they...

I apologise to the Minister, but I thought that she was talking about the missing Labour Members. One would think that they would be on the Back Benches to support her during the passage of the Bill.

I apologise to the Minister, but I thought that she was talking about the missing Labour Members. One would think that they would be on the Back Benches to support her during the passage of the Bill.

Where are the missing Members?

Where are the missing Members?